What's with all the crime we've been hearing about in Cinco Ranch? (Brenham: income, living)

[Firefly in sweet land]

[quote=GTRdad;31398579][b]I see a lot of pairs in Katy mills where the fatty hubby is in a simple tshirt and jeans while the wife is completely dressed up and looks like a pharoah and they just walk and walk just showing off 'something' not sure what or maybe they just want to be seen.

So true,my thoughts exactly. I witnessed similar samples in other suburbs also. I don't know if I will hurt some people by saying this, but same attitude is seen sometimes in showing off the kind of car they drive.

[RVD26]

Originally Posted by azinwood

Time to move. Two incidents. I'm outta here.

Yep, it's been all downhill since Aldi set up shop here

[eric3781]

Originally Posted by crone

In my CV, should have mentioned debate judge at Spring High School.

Debate does not involve insulting folks who have another opinion.

Do the debate standards and Spring High School allow for propositional fallacies, straw men, and appeals to authority?

[GTRdad]

another one on facebook. random incident I suppose

Suspect arrested, lockdown lifted at Katy ISD elementary school | Latest News - Home

[descovy]

Sure, GTR, get out while you still can.

Dare I ask what enclave you will find that will be 100% crime free? Shoot, even Mayberry had a police department for a reason.

Let's be reasonable, none of us can buy ourselves out of real life. In real life sometimes bad things happen. Cinco Ranch is simply a neighborhood with a few pools and parks and some deed restrictions. Nothing more.

Where are you planning to go that crime no matter how small doesn't exist?

[dv1033]

Crime will always go where the money is..... Doesn't have to do with political affiliation.

[eric3781]

Decent, hard working people aren't allowed to have nice things or live in crime free areas. We keep moving westward to escape the crime riddled Obama-voter filth, and they keep following us. Now that the Katy area is expanding almost to Brookshire, we get to import their trash too. Might as well move to Columbus or Brenham and get it over with.

[dv1033]

Originally Posted by eric3781

Decent, hard working people aren't allowed to have nice things or live in crime free areas. We keep moving westward to escape the crime riddled Obama-voter filth, and they keep following us. Now that the Katy area is expanding almost to Brookshire, we get to import their trash too. Might as well move to Columbus or Brenham and get it over with.

I doubt hard working people have to copy and paste their rants.

[Htown2013]

While crime can happen anywhere, some places are relatively safer than others. Of the two incidents mentioned, one was a targeted domestic dispute. It was very serious and tragic indeed, but it was not a random crime against an unrelated person.

That being said, Katy has growing pains, and it does have it's share of crime, which are primarily burglaries, that are mostly preventable with some effort and due diligence.

I do think we have a crime problem in Houston, although a typical Houston suburb, with all its issues, still seems much safer IMHO than our neighboring state to the East.

What can be done to combat the crime issue?
1) Better early education -should teach common sense & the evils of crime. While it is ultimately the parents responsibility for raising a child, there needs to be an understanding that many low income parents will not deliver. Maybe they are working 2-3 jobs - who knows. We need to address this vs. just ignoring it.

2) Better unemployment benefits. I know this is controversial, but Texas unemployment benefits are pathetic compared to other states. I personally know people who have been out of work for 6 months and were trying hard to find a job, and the unemployment benefits were pathetic. I am in no way advocating for a well fare state, but just mentioning that unemployment benefits should be improved for those actively engaged with finding gainful employment. Many people may become desperate when the feel hope is lost.

3) Be tough on organized gangs. Many gangs in the Houston area are turning our kids into thugs that will later terrorize hardworking people. This is not just a Houston issue. The State and County need to be tough on this. Some of these people are so evil that taking another person's life is nothing to them.

4) Be tough on criminals, especially violent criminals, while at the same time giving hope to those who will be released. Prison should NOT be a place where crime can be directed on the outside and should not be a place where prisoners learn to be even more hardened criminals. Those prisoners who are able to work should work in prison generating income for the facility to reduce taxpayer burden while learning skills. Also, there should be a path for released prisoners to be able to remove the 'felony' stigma so they can again find gainful employment. If a prisoner is released and has no means to find gainful employment, what do you think many will be forced to do? The 'felony' stigma removes all hope from.these people, and perpetuates there criminal activities when being released. Something needs to be done to address this.

[jerbear30]

Given the vast inequities in the way income is distributed, what is really surprising about American society is that there isn't more crime being committed. If we wanted less crime--like actually wanted it--we'd raise the minimum wage to a living wage, institute universal single payer healthcare and cap corporate profits. There you go.